Since the City of Ottawa confirmed OSEG’s plan that sealed the Ottawa Charge’s fate at Lansdowne, all the Ottawa Charge and their fan base have done is prove the plan for Lansdowne 2.0 was shortsighted. thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/... #PWHL

WATCH: This is STILL one of the toughest truths for some to accept, but one of the most IMPORTANT — car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtowns and urban areas! Watch this excellent video by #NotJustBikes with #Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible.

"He said that ‘President #Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in #Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

"The war should be called Operation Epstein because it is a desperate gamble for the president to distract from his tanking poll numbers. What has become clear is that there is no credible plan..." - @charlieangus104.bsky.social

How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the United States. snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...

⚡ Ukraine endured more than 34,000 Russian aerial strikes this winter. 🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...

Mature commentary by Bob Rae on today's events in Iran. I would have preferred this tone from the Prime Minister. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Ottawa’s Kichesippi Beer Co. closing in March

"It was awesome just to have that opportunity" - MAGA-Tkachuk, following his photo op with the criminal who occupies the White House. Please trade him, @senators.bsky.social. Absolutely cannot cheer for a man-child who cannot recognize that his country is being led and ruined by a vengeful despot.

"Show what you looked like before you joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine." Ukrainian Defenders share photos from before they joined the military and after. 📷: drewndel / Threads

4 Minnesota guys

🔴 Over 212,000 Russian war crimes documented in Ukraine since 2022.

Canada’s first Inuit-led university will be a game changer for the North.

350km from Moscow a giant mural of soldiers killed in Ukraine looms over a town, like the war itself hangs over Russia. In Lipetsk region I witness the consequences for Russia of four years of war on Ukraine. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Intense Game Richard Brodeur n.d.

I hope that rural voters will appreciate the bars being open Sunday morning while their local ER remains closed.

Really sobering look at how Russia is continuing to advance its genocidal war on increasingly-shaky foundations, and why it cannot accept peace. #giftlink www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int... A great example of high-quality journalism, by Shaun Walker. A must-read for anyone interested in the topic.

Is there any time, place, or context in which a government hanging enormous banners of the Leader’s face was not a sign of a diseased and authoritarian society? Because I certainly can’t think of one.

Cllr. Kitts is right. Workers forced to return to the office despite the inadequacy of our transit and transportation networks are going to suffer a very real diminishment of their quality of life. It's perverse.

A heist in broad daylight

Heather McPherson defends confidence and supply agreement with Liberals, calls for electoral reform.

Cold Friday Awaiting Apocalypse Mendelson Joe 2003

Remember: Viktor Orban has built a corrupt, stagnant Hungary that is much poorer than it should be www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Supreme Court of Canada no longer posts in X. Same for the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Medical Association, and so many other national organizations. It would be great to see the federal, provincial, and territorial governments do the same.

The glory of skating outdoors www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

100% agree.

Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance. It's open for a couple of months. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

A boy and his father are reminding the world that Russia is using the freezing winter to terrorize Ukraine.

I see we are at the “Which fascist dictator best describes Trump” stage of America

I spoke to the Christian Science Monitor about my song of solidarity for the resistors of Minneapolis www.csmonitor.com/USA/2026/013...

Really interesting analysis of the many similarities between Carney and Harper.

They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.

From the ever talented @brigittepellerin.bsky.social : time for an apology, fare-free transit until it’s fixed, and, importantly, a commitment to a vision to make Ottawas transit work. @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social needs to own this. ottawacitizen.com/opinion/sutc...

We hope the good people of #SanFrancisco will forgive us for adapting a song about their city in 1967 to address the shocking and tragic events in #Minnesota in recent weeks. This is dedicated to Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and in solidarity. Our version is called "Minnesota" ❤️ youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM

You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history

"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport

Ernie Raquel Roth 2024

“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...

Huge happy 80th birthday this week to the legendary #DollyParton 🎉- we are marking it with a parody of her 2nd number 1 hit, written by the #BeeGees. Our 🎶 version's called "Donald's Sewage Stream" - since he brought his sick drivel to #Europe #Davos #NATO & our #armedforces: youtu.be/F4nefIN4_LY

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Brilliant @theglobeandmail.com cartoon by David Parkins.

Bob Rae on Trump's Greenland deal: "I think this is proof of the formula that Roy Cohn talked about with a young Donald Trump as described in the movie, The Apprentice. Attack, attack, attack. Never apologize. Never publicly step down. And if you don't get exactly what you want, declare victory."

Me, on Carney's landmark speech yesterday. theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Bizarre as it seems, Trump may genuinely be unable to grasp that the Nobel Committee is independent - because the very idea of an institution remaining outside political control is alien to him.

Congrats to the guy who helped Russia invade Ukraine. A real feather in the cap.